Thorsten Leemhuis (acct. 1/4) on Nostr: 3/ And in case you are wondering why nearly thousand issues that received a CVE were ...
3/ And in case you are wondering why nearly thousand issues that received a CVE were not fixed in the #Linux 4.19.y series, see this blog post Greg K-H (nprofile…8h2e) published in 2018.
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/
In particular the sections in the area screenshotted below.
The TLDR basically is: on a typical generic server, you don't want to use #kernel from older longterm series; instead use the latest release from the newest #LinuxKernel stable or longterm (aka LTS) series.
http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2018/08/24/what-stable-kernel-should-i-use/
In particular the sections in the area screenshotted below.
The TLDR basically is: on a typical generic server, you don't want to use #kernel from older longterm series; instead use the latest release from the newest #LinuxKernel stable or longterm (aka LTS) series.